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United States Patent | 5,275,329 |
Nied | January 4, 1994 |
This invention relates to butt joining methods. Such methods of this type, generally, allow fiber reinforced metal matrix composite components having a metal matrix and a fiber reinforcement to be butt joined in order to form a large integral structure.
Inventors: | Nied; Herman A. (Ballston Lake, NY) |
Assignee: | General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY) |
Appl. No.: | 970756 |
Filed: | November 2, 1992 |
Current U.S. Class: | 228/120; 228/261 |
Intern'l Class: | B23K 033/00 |
Field of Search: | 228/120,122,248,261,189,138,242 419/47,48,49 264/259,263,261,60 164/112,46,80,97 |
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